Summary
Democratic governors criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for not doing enough to block Trump’s cabinet nominees and policies.
In a conference call, governors led by JB Pritzker and Maura Healey urged stronger resistance, particularly against nominees Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.
Andy Beshear and Tim Walz stressed the need for better messaging and media presence, while Laura Kelly called for a stronger digital strategy.
Schumer defended Democrats’ efforts but faced frustration over state leaders bearing the brunt of opposition efforts.
Need the new breakout dems like AOC, etc…
Watch her conversations with Jon Stewart from last week.
https://youtu.be/eeheoxWzf2o
She made a great comment at one point, that the democratic platform needs to have protecting marginalized people not even a thought. It will be such a baseline of the platform that protecting people is not negotiable. And we will no stand by while those people’s rights are eroded. That’s where all fights begin, the conversations don’t even include the culture wars over this because protecting those people is a non starter.